Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 10
Source GDJ
All good things come in threes, so I give you the third in my little concrete wall series.
Source Atle Mo
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Remixed from a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ